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Patented May l6, I899. J. SCHADE, In.

ROLLER SKATE.

(Application filed Sept. 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN SCHADE, JR, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE SCHADE & COMPANY,OF SAME PLACE.

ROLLER-SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,276, dated May 16,1899. Applica ion file September 3,1898. Serial No. 690,220. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SOHADE, Jr., a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inRoller-Skates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of my improved skate. Fig. 2 isa rear end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section.Fig. at is a section on the line as as, Fig. Fig. 5 is a sectional planview. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the trucks or bracketsremoved. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the truck orbracket is formed, and Fig. 8 is an end view showing the bracket adaptedto a different form of skate.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements. inrollerskates, and more particularly to the trucks or bearing-bracketsthereof, the object being to provide a bracket of strong and durablecharac ter which can be readily and economically manufactured from sheetmetal.

\Vith. this object in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates thesole-supporting plate and B the heel-supporting plate of theskate-frame, said plates having respectively the overlappingadjustably-connected extensions A and B, hereinafter more particularlydescribed.

0 O designate the trucks or brackets which carry the axles for the frontand rear wheels or rollers D. These two trucks or brackets areduplicates of each other and are each formed and shaped up from a singleintegral sheet-metal blank of the form shown in Fig. 7 that is to say, ablank having end portions 1, formed with slots 2, tapered lateral wingportions 3, and a central portion 4:. The inner ends of the wingportions 3 are formed with reduced tongue extensions 5. In shapin g upthe truck from this blank the end portions are bent at right angles onthe transverse lines 6 (the blank being preferably slitted at 7 tofacilitate such bending) and the wing portions 3 are bent at rightangles on the lines 8. If the trucks are to be used to carry a singlewheel, as in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, these wings are bent outwardly,while if to be used to carry an axle having two rollers thereon they arebent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 8. The brackets are secured to the soleand heel supporting plates by letting the tongues 5 through apertures insaid plates and riveting or upsetting their ends.

A truck or bracket of the character described can be readily and cheaplyconstructed, and, owing to the bracing wing portions 3 and the manner inwhich they are secured, is one of great strength and rigidity, while atthe same time it is light and of neat appearance.

The connection between the heel and sole plates is of the followingcharacter: These plates are formed, as above described, with therespective overlapping extensions A B. The extension 13 is formed withan elongated longitudinal slot Z), and the extension A has a headed studor rivet a and a bolt or screw a, which engage the said slot, the beltor screw having a nut (1 The lateral edge portions of the extension Aare bent downwardly to form flanges c, and the extension B is formedwith similar flanges c, which fit against the inner sides of the flanges0. (See Fig. at.) The heel-plate B is also formed with a depression I)to receive therein the extension A. The extension B is adapted to slideunderneath the portion 4 of the front truck, which is set sufficientlybelow the sole-plate to provide a space to receive such extension. (SeeFig. 3.)

By slacking the nut a the skate can be readily adjusted to the desiredlength. It will be seen that the provision of the interfitting flanges ca greatly strengthens the frame and enables it to be made of muchlighter metal.

The portion 4 of the rear truck 0 may be slotted, as indicated at d,Fig. 3, to receive the headed stud or rivet a when the frame is innon-extended adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is i 1. The herein-describedsheet-metal'bracket, for roller-skates, consisting of the parallelaxle-supporting arms, having the laterallybent bracing and securingWings at their lateral edges, and the top or connecting portion,substantially as specified.

2. In a roller-skate, the combination with. the skate body or frame, ofa truck or bracket form ed from a sheet-metal blank, shaped intoapproximately U form,and having its vertical In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SOHADE, JR.

Vitnesses:

JOHN DAVIES, JERE E. BROWN.

